In order to allow this kind of controlled, creative chaos to thrive onstage around her, Bridges says that she has learned to relinquish her ego entirely. A rare practice, indeed, in the world of opera.

“It really feels like we’re just one big unit,” she says. “Not one person is more important than the other.”

“It really feels like we’re just one big unit,” she says. “Not one person is more important than the other.”